Health & Medicine

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Yale is home to a world-class medical center comprising more than a dozen
institutions, including the School of Medicine (chartered in 1810), which has
been educating leaders, caring for patients, and investigating the
scientific basis of health and disease for nearly 200 years. Among its 27
departments are one of the nation’s oldest schools of public health and the
internationally recognized Child Study Center, founded in 1911. The School
of Nursing trains outstanding leaders in nursing practice, research, and
education. Affiliated institutions include the 944-bed Yale-New Haven
Hospital—flagship of the Yale New Haven Health System—and the Yale Cancer
Center, Connecticut Mental Health Center, Pierce Laboratory, and VA
Connecticut Healthcare System in nearby West Haven. Yale HEALTH provides campus medical services to students, faculty, and employees of Yale.